all right let's bring in turkey correspondent yulia han who joins us now from istanbul hello to you yulia so tell us what is the purpose of mosses trip today what is he hoping to achieve. right now we are waiting for the joint press conference which is about to start any moment now so i hope i can give you an update a little later but ahead of his visit the german foreign minister said he would press for a durable cease fire in the region now let me remind you turkey paused its military offensive against kurdish fighters in northeast is syria after a u.s. backed truth and a separate deal with russia earlier this week but the 2nd ceasefire agreement so to speak will end this coming tuesday so the time is ticking we're not sure what ankara plans to do next so this is probably something. to talk about and talked about in ankara today and then secondly he also said he would demand compliance with the international law when it comes to dealing with refugees and that concerns present edwin's plans to create a so-called safe zone in the area north and syria way he plans to resettle up to 2000000

and we can speak now to our correspondent yulia han she is in the turkish town of course to the close of the syrian border she joins us now hi yulia tell us what you've been seeing and hearing where you are. well we're about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border which is to this direction over there and the turkish military continues today to hit targets over there actually it's the turkish artillery firing from right behind me over there we can clearly and loudly hear the pounding we've also seen fumes of black smoke on the horizon this might be due to the attacks from the military but it might also be smoke that rises because kurdish fighters in northeast syria have been burning tires and other materials to make it more difficult for the turkish army to find targets over there now the turkish military says they have taken a few villages very close to the border but they're now encircling the biggest cities tel aviv and russell i in and while they're saying they are progress in moving deeper into northeast syria the kurdish fighters say on the other hand that they have so far been

police advice so that nobody else is harmed for more on this i'm joined by our turkey correspondent yulia han in istanbul yulia can you hear me yeah i can hear you you know what do we know. well the operation has officially started that was just announced a few minutes ago by president and on the turkish president himself he tweeted the operation has started and he says this is to destroy and i'll quote him here a peace accord or and bring peace to to destroy sorry of terror kori door and bring peace to the region prison edwin off role is the commander in chief of the turkish armed forces so it was expected that it would be him to officially announce the beginning of this offensive there are also reports that turkish warplanes have started carrying out air strikes in the north and syria this has also been confirmed by turkish officials now so so this offensive has officially soffit now this is the latest here from turkey so it's very early days in this offensive things halle's on are down very scarce sort of fog but how it has the the lead up to this offensive being looked at in turkey howeve

operation paced spring against kurdish militants for more on this i'm joined by our turkey correspondent yulia han in istanbul yulia can you hear me yeah i can hear you you know what do we know. well the operation has officially started that was just announced a few minutes ago by president and on the turkish president himself he tweeted the open ration has started and he says this is to destroy and i quote him here a peace accord or and bring peace to to destroy sorry of terror kori door and bring peace to the region of prison and on off role is the commander in chief of the turkish armed forces so it was expected that it would be him to officially announce the beginning of this offensive they also reports that turkish warplanes have started carrying out air strikes in the north and syria this has also been confirmed by turkish officials now so so this offensive has officially sausage now this is the latest here from turkey so it's very early days of this offensive details on a very scarce so far but how it has the the lead up to this offensive being looked at in turkey however have the media the

correspondent yulia han she's standing by for us at the border in the turkish town of yulia it's now day 4 of this offensive what's the latest where you are. well as you said i'm in the turkish border town all search today which is about 10 kilometers away from the syrian border where this turkish military operation is taking place right now now the security situation here in the border area on the turkish side as well is very tense and there have been warnings for journalists to so that's why we moved a little further away today now the turkish defense ministry says that the turkish all me and its allies have captured the syrian border town i in the northeast syria this is a city of about 50000 people that's an estimation here they have been trying to do so in the past days by in circling the city and now at that has been and that has been that's important to mention one of the 1st main targets now they have apparently managed to do so we saw some video footage all of uncurl backed syrian opposition fighters inside the industrial area overdress ion and we know that's in the city cen

by our foreign policy editor status or darr here in the studio with me and turkey correspondent yulia han is standing by for us in istanbul hello to both of you yulia i'd like to begin with you tell us what came out of that meeting between the 2 foreign ministers. well tensions were running high at this press conference there between the 2 foreign ministers the turkish foreign minister. started with harshly criticizing germany 1st of all he said germany does not appreciate not turkish aphex when it comes to hosting refugees we know that turkey is hosting 3600000 refugees from syria more than any other country in the world and then he also said that the turkish military operation in north in syria has been and i quote him here disproportionately criticize been disproportionately criticized in germany and the german media he said trust has been breached so sounding quite angrily there and then he also mentioned the agreements turkey has reached with the u.s. and russia about the situation within syria and he emphasized that these 2 countries have recognized the legitimacy off turkey's over

things most affecting northern syria at the moment it's also spilling over into turkey comes bundled yulia han the ports now on turkish towns that have been hit by shelling. in the turkish border town of. a public outpouring of grief. the women mourn the death of their village chief he and 2 other men were killed in a mortar shelling an apparent reprisal attack from across the border in syria. we want this work to stop nobody should die no thought here is no civilian we just want peace with europe probably have of course we're scared we're scared of the whole country the turks for kurds for everyone no one should be killed no no one under the inner city or no then are. people show us where the victims died. within a radius of 20 meters traces of bomb fragments. windows walls the. back by shrapnel. i don't think it came from not right maybe from over there i don't know but this is from a bomb but it looks similar stories can be heard in many turkish border towns. if people believe the war is just across the border in syria they know better now. that there's still the mayor of supports the turki

the advance of i asked now they're back on the road with no clear destination t w correspondent yulia han is standing by for us in istanbul and here in the studio is our foreign policy editor save save our thank you very much to both of you to tell us more about the turkish military offensive that is now underway how is that expected to unfold. well the turkish army launched a ground offensive a lot just hours after the operation started with airstrikes and shelling since then some fierce clashes have been reported from border towns in northeast syria so that 6 pack to to continue today the turkish army get support from an anchor a backed syrian opposition fighter group called the syrian national army so in terms of manpower and equipment the turkish side is clearly outnumbering outgunning the syrian kurdish fighters but these fighters there in northeast syria have also said they are determined to fight back until the very end to defend the territory so this is likely not going to be a swift and smooth military operation there but rather another stage in syria's 8 year war. so the kurdish

and let's go to the correspondent yulia han she is in the turkish town of color close to the syrian border hi yulia what's been happening where you are. well turkish warplanes and artillery have continued to hit the area right behind me today as they're trying to push deeper into northeast syria now we're about 5 kilometers away from the border on the turkish side and we heard the turkish artillery pounding targets inside syria we also saw helicopters hovering above us now the ticks military says they have taken a few villages very close to the border and they're now surrounding and circling the biggest cities that are in and 10 out and while they're saying they're making progress kaddish militants kurdish fighters have said that they were so far able to repel these attacks now this is the 3rd day of this operation and there have been civilian casualties on both sides of the border at least 7 people were killed inside syria civilians and at least 6 people here on the turkish side of the border because yesterday kurdish militants have been firing rockets and mortars into turkish border town

and for more now i'm joined by correspondent yulia han who's standing by for us at the turkish syrian border here thanks for joining me day 5 of the offensive what's the situation where you are right now. i'm in the turkish town of actually about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border which is 2 wood says this direction now the turkish military the artillery has been targeting the area with fresh shelling today we can clearly hear the sound of the pounding now on the other side on the syrian side you have the town of taleb yet which besides russell i know is one of the other main targets of this turkish offensive most of the people there have reportedly fled the area but we do expect heavy clashes and more fighting today over there in the tile on the other hand we have reports of more attacks coming from the syrian side to the turkish border areas just earlier 3 rockets and mortars have reportedly hit actually color the place where we all right now ambulances have been rushing to the locations at least 18 people have died in the past days here on the turkish side in these apparent r

earlier we spoke to our correspondent yulia han in istanbul she explained just how serious turkish president wants threats are to open the borders for millions of refugees well present and one has made this threats repeatedly in the past weeks and months even he of course once to increase pressure on the europeans he wants them to support he says safe so plan a plan by the way that will be a very very expensive the estimated costs for setting up a safe zone building houses their infrastructure and so on according to turkish media reports is more than $20000000000.00 u.s. dollars. it's safe to say that turkey won't be able to come up with the money by itself says so in the end they are likely to turn towards europe and asking them for financial aid for this project and i think that's what's behind prison edwards latest threats. germany's social democrats have moved a step closer to electing new leaders and a decision on what the party's direction should be years of being the junior partner to chancellor angela merkel's conservatives as sanely s.p. days popularity slumped to record lows some p

straight to turkey that we join doubly correspondent to yulia han in istanbul welcome yulia. what happens now. well the ceasefire that you have been talking about has been a very shaky one there have been occasional skirmishes they have continued in the past days and both sides have blamed each other for violations now turkey and russia struck that deal to allow kurdish militia in ne as syria which ankara consider as terrorists to withdraw some 30 kilometers from the turkish border in a next step than turkish and russian forces which start to joint patrols in parts of that area now while the kurdish led as d.f. say they have been redeploying their forces away from the border and the russian defense ministry just announced the withdrawal has been completed earlier today said that not all of the fighting has have withdrawn and we heard president edwin there in the past days he has repeatedly threatened to restart the military operation if the kurdish fighters that do not leave so it's not unlikely we will see a renewed fighting even on a larger scale in the next hours in the ne

people here are still afraid of when trump is a threatening to the stronger the turkish economy yulia han in istanbul thank you yulia. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world german police are removing climate protesters blockading streets and central berlanti activist group extinction rebellion says that several 100 people camped out overnight as part of a wave of civil disobedience similar protests are taking place worldwide to pressure governments to do more on the climate crisis. brazilian police have opened an investigation into possible criminal activity surrounding an oil spill off the country's north eastern coast oil slicks polluted beaches over the weekend and cleanup efforts are now underway the country's coastal region has is renowned for its sandy beaches and its popular with tourists. it's still to come on t.v. it is. to be. the 1st segment you will be good to teach you seek to save their eyes. the rugby world cup is underway but we will have a look at an alternative rugby event also happening in japan a game rugby tournament. now it's eith

many people here are still afraid of when trump is threatening to the stroy the turkish economy yulia han in istanbul thank you yulia and a quick check now some other stories making news around the world european union interior ministers are meeting in luxembourg hoping to end the deadlock over who should take in migrants rescued at sea germany france italy and malta want other e.u. states to back a plan they read last month to distribute migrants throughout the walk. german police are removing climate protesters blockading streets and central berlin activist group extinction rebellion says that several 100 people camped out overnight as part of a wave of civil disobedience similar protests are taking place worldwide to pressure governments to do more on the climbers. on the shamrocks president barham saleh has condemned attacks on protesters and journalists during a wave of anti-government unrest earlier the government acknowledged that soldiers had used excessive force against demonstrators within 100 people have been killed and 6000 did in nixon's demonstrations against corruption and

many people here are still afraid of when trump is threatening to the strong the turkish economy yulia han in istanbul thank you yulia you're watching deja vu news still to come. would you believe that the 1st time he went against the t u c b c in their eyes the peters' rugby world cup is underway but we will have a look at an alternative rugby event also happening in japan it is the gay rugby tournament. but 1st 3 scientists have been named as the winners of this year's nobel prize for physics in a ceremony in sweden it was announced that the prize will be shared by a trio known for their work in understanding the structure of our universe change people's is being recognized for research on how the universe has evolved from the big bang and michelle maior and d.d.a. quayle oh are being awarded for their discovery of the 1st known planets outside of our solar system. let's get more now we're joined here in the studio by. amy sacco joining us from deja vu science so tell us a little bit more about these winners and their work this year then the bell prize in physics basically new understand

many people here are still afraid of when trump is threatening to the stronger the turkish economy yulia han in istanbul thank you yulia. well now we had to hong kong where leader kerry lamb has warned that the chinese military could step in if the uprisings over democratic reforms escalate further here's what she said during a press conference at this point in time i still strongly feel that we should find the solutions of steps that that is also the position of the central government that hong kong should tackle the problem on her own. but if the situation becomes so that. then no options could people if we want hong kong to at least to have another chance so we have it there hong kong's chief executive not ruling out asking time is military for help in quelling the territories ongoing unrest for months protesters have staged demonstrations over what they see as growing influence from beijing over semi autonomous hong kong but the protests have often turned violent our correspondent in hong kong has looked into why businesses have also become a target for demonstrators. protesters attack a

to be as yulia han joins us now at the turkish syrian border border good day to yulia what's the latest where you are right now in special it especially in light of the reports we're getting that syrian forces will be joining the fight alongside the kurds. well these latest developments of course further complicate the battlefield i'm here in the turkish border town of about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border which is to woods this direction now off to the kurdish let forces that have officially turned to the syrian government and its ally russia for military assistance to bashar al assad and that's according to the information we're getting that from syria is sending units of troops and equipment we don't know how many troops how much equipment from aleppo to monday in north and syria now monday it's that is a one of the targets one of the areas the turkish military is that trying to attack is preparing to attack so there is a very real risk these 2 armies the syrian army and the turkish army could be facing each other that it could be clashes and this is of course absolutely no

and let's get the latest on the story day that is yulia han is in istanbul for us hi yulia why is this happening now. well this is basically u.s. president donald trump suddenly making way for turkey's military operation in the north and syria this definitely comes as a surprise and it follows developments late last night a phone call between trump and turkey's president dredge up. to which the white house published a statement saying that turkey will soon move forward with its long planned military operation in north east syria and that u.s. forces will not support or be involved in it and what we're seeing on the ground is that u.s. troops have started in the morning withdrawing from areas in the north and syria areas that are so far controlled by syrian kurdish militia and this is actually you know a major shift a stunning reversal of u.s. policy in syria because washington had so far significantly supported these syrian kurdish militia and considered them the most effective group in the fight against the so-called islamic state while turkey actually considered as them terrorists an

the issues along the border between turkey and syria let's go right to do that you correspondent yulia han she is not on the turkish side of the border for us hi yulia good to see you the u.s. is now imposing sanctions the vice president mike pence is now on his way to the region what can u.s. pressure actually do here. well there are no signs president add on will back down and end this military operation despite the international criticism despite the u.s. sanctions even though these sanctions a might potentially hurt an already weak turkish economy an economy that hasn't yet recovered from last year's severe currency crisis now trump. raised steel tariffs again back up to 50 per cent that's something he did last year already when he was pressing for the release of an american pastor from a turkish jail he also issued sanctions on 3 turkish ministers and he suspended trade deal worth a $100000000000.00 u.s. dollars now this did not have an immediate a drastic effect on the turkish currency here but it might scale of more foreign investors really and you are of there on the turkish side o

we can uncomplicated for you with the doubly correspondence all of us dollars in washington and yulia han in istanbul welcome both let's start in washington with you why is this happening now. well we are nearing fill the 2020 election and that is a very crucial moment in time because as you know there is an impeachment inquiry against the president going so he's under severe pressure domestically and what he's trying to achieve right now is to get some foreign policy successes on his record or he has hardly had any so far and withdrawing troops in general from foreign conflicts and crises has been one of president trump's core election promises that he's made to his voter base that is just like almost the majority of the americans increasingly tired off war so he's definitely trying to get some credit for that president trump also repeatedly said that he believes that isis this defeat it he was very much challenged for these statements even from within his own ranks and another very important aspect here is the financial situation when president trump takes to twitter on this matter he a

let's get you more on this story we want to take you now to istanbul to our correspondent yulia han who is covering that story for you. prime minister our president at one obviously very unhappy about those developments in the u.s. what exactly did he say oh yes president earlier today slammed the u.s. geno's side a resolution let me quote him here he called it an acceptable and the biggest insult to the turkish a nation he also blamed the measure on end sentiment in the u.s. now several countries including germany and france have recognized the mass killing of armenians by the ottoman empire in 1915 and the following is as geno side but for the us it is really an unprecedented move a move that is seen as a serious provocation here in turkey the government in ancora except so many armenians living in the ottoman empire were killed in clashes with also many forces during world war one but strongly denies that these killings constitute geno site now this resolution was passed as you mentioned by the house of representatives it's non-binding and also the sanctions decision passed a little

for now affecting mostly in northern syria it is also spilling over into turkey our correspondent yulia han has this report now on turkish towns that have been hit by the shelling. in the turkish border town of such a public outpouring of grief. the women mourn the death of their village chief he and 2 other men were killed in a mortar shelling an apparent reprisal attack from across the border in syria. we want this war to stop nobody should die no soldiers no civilians we just want peace you would have thought we had of course we're scared we're scared for the whole country for turks for kurds for everyone no one should be killed you son or none have been remiss and you are never secure. a lot of people show us where the weak timbs died. within a radius of 20 meters traces of bomb fragments. to sounds windows walls vehicles battered by shrapnel. and. i don't think it came from the outside maybe from over there i don't know but this is from a bomb those were. similar stories can be heard in many turkish border towns. if people believe the war is just across the border in syria they know be

mostly northern syria it's also spilling over into turkey has been just heard our correspondent yulia han has this report on turkish towns that have been hit by the shell. in the turkish border town of. the public outpouring of grief. the women mourn the death of their village chief he and 2 other men were killed in a mortar shelling an apparent reprisal attack from across the border in syria. we want this war to stop nobody should die no soldiers no civilians we just want peace you know course we're scared we're scared for the whole country the turks for kurds for everyone no one should be killed. and you never think you order people show us where the weak them died. within a radius of 20 meters traces of bomb fragments. windows walls. passes by shrapnel all right where. i don't think it came from the outside maybe from over there i don't know but this is from a bar. similar story can be heard in many turkish border towns. if people believe there was just across the border in syria they know better now. they may also support the turkish offensive he claims the fighting could cost many co

it's not only affecting northern syria but i was also spilling over into turkey our correspondent yulia han has this report on turkish towns that have also been hit by the fighting. in the turkish border town of. the public outpouring of grief. the women mourn the death of their village. and 2 other men were killed in a mortar shelling an apparent repairable attack from across the border into syria. from a sunni we want this war to start nobody should die no soldiers no civilians we just want peace. of course we're scared we're scared the whole country turks are hurt for everyone no one building. and you are never. heard people showing where the victims died. within a radius of 20 meters traces of bomb fragments. windows walls. the little girl i think it came from not so good maybe from over there i don't know if you remember the word the word story can be heard in many turkish border towns. people believe the war is just across the border in syria you know better now. still the mayor of. the port. he claims the army is fighting for a good cause. here and there to carlow we are hosting 1250

istanbul outside the saudi consulate that's the place where to mock killed and our correspondent yulia han is there for us can you tell us what's been happening where you are. while there is a memorial service for mr the show just a little further away from where i am it started at 114 local time marking the moment the right to walks into the building right behind the saudi consulate a year ago and we all know he never emerged today the building is basically sealed off the lot of police and security around as according to my information no one from the saudi state is present here today it's mostly human rights activists other journalists friends of mr the shock she ended his fiance who came together today to calm the memory mr bush. and to have what they call is a moment of silence because they say this is exactly what his killers wanted to silence a man a journalist who had always refused to be silent who openly criticized the saudi kingdom one of the speakers today is the. midst of a fiance it's a particularly painful day for her because she doesn't have a grave to wisit his body as you

conservative parties in the german parliament thank you so let's go to turkey joined correspondent to yulia han in istanbul welcome. what are you hearing about the military operation. well the operation started at 4 pm local time just 3 days after u.s. president trump sudden decision to pull back u.s. troops from the area the decision was announced as you mentioned by president add on was at the same time the chief commander of the turkish armed forces he did not do that as usual in a televised speech but he did do it on on twitter which was interesting to me and we got news now that turkish warplanes have hit targets in north and syria targets what p.g. targets targets of syrian kurdish fighters there ammunition depots sniper positions that's according to turkish officials turkish officials also very keen on emphasizing that this so peroration follows the standards of the international law but there is of course some very different information and news coming there from the kurdish side that they are accusing the turkish military of hitting civilian areas they have they are saying that has cau